We Alone – Alice Walker Poem Lamenting Gold Worship

This gentle poem speaks of the failures of greed and the unnecessary pursuit of riches, when all around are wonders that are free. Alice Walker must have been something of a hippy. We Alone We alone can devalue gold by not caring if it falls or rises in the marketplace. Wherever there is gold there […]

The Valley Of The Black Pig – Poem By W.B. Yeats

Here is a short piece of verse from the renowned Irish poet and Nobel Prize winner. The Valleys Of The Black Pig The dews drop slowly and dreams gather: unknown spears Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes, And then the clash of fallen horsemen and the cries Of unknown perishing armies beat about my ears. […]

Survivor’s Creed – Poem By Resident Poet, A.D.

Our resident poet, A.D., often tackles metaphysical issues. In this poem, the matter of lost children, both born and unborn, is dealt with. What is after death? Do those who have passed on now reside elsewhere? What of parallel universes? Of monkey’s with typewriters? So many questions, so little time. [The use of ellipsis at […]

A Woman Homer Sung – Poem By W.B. Yeats

This poem is not about the yellow husband and father of Springfield fame, but perhaps it should be. Marge would make a great subject for some romantic verse. It’s the blue hair, gets a man every time. Wonder if the carpet on the landing matches that in the lobby? A Woman Homer Sung IF any […]

Only the Present – Poem By Resident Poet, A.D.

Here is a light bit of verse from our resident poet. It expresses sentiment that most of us can understand. The niggling thought that perhaps we could have done things differently. Only the Present Springs a wish upon a thought, The past still yet to come, Held loosely in a drifting clasp Of hedonistic fun; […]

Broken Perspective – Poem By Resident Poet, A.D.

This piece of verse deals with a shocking incident that took place in Ireland, in 2013, when Sanjeev Chada murdered his two young sons before placing their bodies in the boot (trunk) of his car. Eoghan was 10. Ruairi was 5. He then drove around Ireland until he was eventually apprehended after crashing his vehicle. […]

Poem By Palestinian Refugee – This Is Why We Dance

This is a powerful piece of poetry from a young Palestinian refugee from Jerusalem who was a victim of Israeli ethnic cleansing. His words speaks of the struggle to refrain from anger at his treatment.They speak of the fight to rationalize what has happened. They speak of the unending desire for freedom for Palestine and […]

The Broken Cornucopia – Poem On Suffering Of Innocents

This poem from our resident poet, A.D., reflects upon the babies, and children, who survive the death or loss of their mothers under terrible circumstances. Whether it was during An Gorta Mór (Great Famine) of Ireland, the bombing of European cities during World War 2, the genocide in the Balkans or the results of war in […]

The Tellurian Hammer Of Myth – Poem of Protest

  Here we have a piece of verse that looks at the roles assigned to us even from birth. Whether it be a caste system, social distinctions or income levels, many children are pigeon-holed even before they are born. Societies often have expectations of the place in society that a child will have, and this […]

Shancoduff – Patrick Kavanagh Poem

Here is some verse from the irascible Irish poet from County Monaghan. Kavanagh was linked to the IRA back in the early days after partition. Strange that both he and Brendan Behan should have hated one another so much as Behan was also a member of the IRA. We Irish love nothing better than to […]